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anchoritically

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an⋅cho⋅rite

  [ang-kuh-rahyt]
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–noun
a person who has retired to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion; hermit.
Also, anchoret.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME anc(h)orite, conflation of ME ancre (OE ancra, ancer) and OF anacorite or ML anachōrīta < LGk anachōrēts, equiv. to Gk anachōrē-, s. of anachōreîn to withdraw (ana- ana- + chōreîn to give way, v. deriv. of chôros space) + -tēs agent suffix; OE forms < OIr *ancharae < LL anachōrēta < LGk

Related forms:
an⋅cho⋅rit⋅ic  [ang-kuh-rit-ik] , adjective
an⋅cho⋅rit⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
an⋅cho⋅rit⋅ism  [ang-kuh-rahy-tiz-uhm] , noun
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